The Anacreontic petition and song [graphic].

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Title: The Anacreontic petition and song [graphic].
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: published as the act directs 1 Feb. 1791.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Abstract: Above the engraved poem, an illlustration shows an angry-faced Jove seated in the clouds surrounded by gods and goddesses including Apollo, seated with his lyre and Momus in a hester's cap with bells. Jove holds a fist full of thunderbolts as he glares at the petition at his feet. In the background is a circular temple ablaze with rays of light. Above Pegasus leaps from Mount Helicon
Description: Title from item.
After Dighton. See British Museum catalogue.
"The constitutional song of the Anacreontic Society, sung by the Chairman or his deputy after the supper which followed the fortnightly concert." See British Museum catalogue.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; July 2008;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.3 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 39 x 28 cm
Language: English

Genre: Songs
Ballads
Erotica
Broadsides
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Mezzotints England London 1791
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Music
Societies, etc.--
Gods
Greek
Petitions
Subjects: Music > Societies, etc.--
Gods > Greek
Petitions
England > 1791
England > London > 1791

Access: Public
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